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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 8 - Issue 7 | August 2018
InNews
OONA Extends
Programmes
IND: IMN Systems has supplied
11 English language channels to
Globecast for carriage on the
Indonesian mobile TV platform
OONA.
Natalie Rouse, VP of Content
Acquisition, Aggregation and
Distribution at Globecast, said:
"We're delighted that OONA's
Indonesian subscribers have a
variety of fresh programming
to choose from, thanks to IMN
Systems' keen ability to provide
high-quality entertainment to such
an emerging and important market
like Indonesia."
The channels will bring a mix of
programmes to 135 million viewers.
Global News
Forum Close
VNM: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting
(ABU) Secretary-General Dr Javad
Mottaghi recently closed the 2018
Global News Forum held in Ho Chi
Minh City. The forum, News In The
Digital Age, examined international
news production and reporting.
The Secretary-General noted
that the role of traditional media
outlets had radically altered
in a 24/7 age of Internet fed
news cycles and instant social
media content. This has driven
broadcasters in the APAC region to
play an even more proactive role.
ALEXA Mini
Shoots NZDF
NZL:
A
unique
television
commercial for the New Zealand
Defence Force (NZDF) was recently
shot by DoP Ziga Zupancic on
ARRI's ALEXA Mini.
Zupancic and Director Jason Bock
agreed on a specific look for the
commercial, one that had its own
particular style and feel.
According to Zupancic most shots
were based around shooting with
practical lighting, shooting lights
through windows and chasing the
path of the sun.
Go to www.zigaman.co/nzdf to see
the commercial.
ABonAir AB405
At VidOvation
USA: VidOvation has announced
the availability of the ABonAir
AB405 compact wireless video
transmitter and receiver link with a
33-millisecond delay.
Optimised for ENG teams, basic
sports coverage in universities and
high schools, single-stage events,
religious broadcasts, and videoassist scenarios, the AB405 can
transmit (line of sight) video up to
750m (2,500ft).
The AB405 uses two full MIMO
radio antennas at both the
transmitter and receiver points to
enhance performance and ensure
robust coverage.
ESPN And Mediacorp Agree
Digital Collaboration
D
igital sports publisher, ESPN,
and Singapore media company
Mediacorp, have entered into a
strategic digital collaboration to superserve sports fans and marketers in the
region.
Under a multi-year agreement with
ESPN, Mediacorp will be the exclusive
representative for all ad sales in
Singapore for ESPN.com.
Mediacorp's Chief Commercial and
Digital Officer, Parminder Singh, said:
"We are thrilled to welcome ESPN as
the first partner joining Mediacorp
Partner Network, which we have
launched to create new possibilities for
Mediacorp and our partners."
ESPN will launch a dedicated
Singapore edition of the signature
ESPN site - espn.com.sg - in the coming
months.
The
site
will deliver a mix of
local sports news and
features, in addition to
coverage of the most
relevant and popular
sports and leagues
from around the globe.
ESPN's GM South
East
Asia,
Lance
Peatey, said: "We look
forward to bringing
(L-R) Mediacorp's CEO Tham Loke Kheng,
sports fans a dedicated
and Chief Commercial & Digital Officer,
destination with the
Parminder Singh; ESPN GM, Southeast Asia
Lance Peatey, and VP and GM, EMEA Charles Classen
best in global and local
sports coverage and content. It will that will give Singapore sports fans
offer a winning combination to fans industry-leading coverage of global
football, golf, tennis, boxing, MMA,
and advertisers alike."
The site will offer a world-class, cricket, rugby, NBA, NFL, MLB and
mobile-first,
video-rich
platform much more.
Calrec Audio Reports Korean Successes
T
he past year has seen Calrec Audio
generate significant momentum in
the Korean broadcasting market with
the sale of its audio consoles and AoIP
interfaces.
This includes the first Brio36 sale in
Korea, which was purchased by the
Hyundai Home Shopping Network.
MBC TV, a terrestrial TV channel
owned by Munhwa Broadcasting
Corporation, has also installed a Brio
console. MBC already has 14 Calrec
consoles installed so was very familiar
with the company's capabilities.
Anthony Harrison, International
Sales Manager for Calrec, said: "The
market in Korea is of huge importance
to us, and we're so pleased that the
Brio is seeing such success there.
But this isn't by accident, as we're
continually working
hard to innovate
our consoles so
that our customers
always
have
the absolute best when it comes to
audio technology."
KBS is currently installing two
Artemis desks for live radio. It also
recently purchased two Summa
consoles, one being used by KBS
ChunCheon for live news and
entertainment programming. The
second console (used for the FIFA
World Cup) is being installed at KBS
Innovative: Mokpo.
Calrec Brio
In a separate project, KBS also
installed Calrec AES67 interfaces at
its main facility to connect existing
consoles to an AoIP network.
Barnfind's Fibre Platform Delivers For SCO Summit
B
arnfind
Technologies'
fibre airport OB vans and the journalists'
platform formed the core of global information desks. In total, 108
the signal transport solution at the fibre optic links were installed in the
recent 18th Shanghai Cooperation Master Control Room, with 96 used for
Organization (SCO) Summit that took communications.
place in Qingdao,
"The Barnfind optical
China.
transmission system
DIGIRED, Barnfind's
performed flawlessly,"
master
distributor
said Chen Can, DIGIRED
in China, was tasked
CEO. "It proved to be
with configuring and
flexible and reliable,
operating
a
fibre
and we are pleased
optic signal transport
to
announce
that
system linking the
all the clients were
CCTV television studio,
satisfied beyond their
Xinhua News Agency,
expectations."
Qingdao
Television
Barnfind's
flexible
Studio, International
BarnOne fibre matrix
Conference Center, the MCR fibre optic links
formed the heart of
the transmission solution, with the
company's BarnMini-01 standalone
bidirectional conversion modules
serving the optical machine to form
the star pattern link.
The BarnStudio control software was
used to schedule signals and monitor
the system, eliminating the need for
manual routing.
The system operated over a threemonth period, performing 24/7 during
the preparation and the event itself.
The SCO, a political, economic, and
security alliance, comprises China,
Russia,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and
Pakistan.
This year's Summit was chaired by
Chinese President Xi Jinping.